A little Py Vs C++

[Jens Mueller]

Manu wrote:
> On 3 November 2012 01:41, Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 11/2/2012 3:10 PM, Jens Mueller wrote:
> >
> >> I see. Thanks for clarifying.
> >> If I want fast vector operations I have to use core.simd. The built-in
> >> vector operations won't fit the bill.
> >>
> >
> I think a better quote would be "If i want *HARDWARE* vector
> operations..."; this is not automatically faster by nature, it requires
> strict self-control in terms of application, and very careful attention if
> you want your code to be portable.
> 
> At the moment, yes.
> >
> > However, Manu is working on developing a higher order layer.
> >
> 
> I have a fork; some people are using it already. It still needs a lot of
> work though; some compilers missing parts, platforms not supported.
> That said, it's not an effort to address D's natural vector syntax, the key
> goal is to provide a hardware SIMD API that is as orthogonal as possible
> and portable (with confidence it will run reasonably well).
> I wonder if druntime could be enhanced to use the SIMD stuff though in the
> functions that perform the natural vector operations, might offer some nice
> little boosts.

Cool.
It'll be nice though if D's vector operations could be expressed on top
of it. I mean a[] + b[] is so much easier to read.

Jens